Economy

Dallas Real Estate Market Mimics The Atlantic’s City Report on DFW, But What Exactly is The “Creative Class” Anyway?

By Joanna England / March 5, 2013 /

  Here’s my question to all you sharp Realtors: Does this piece by The Atlantic Cities tell us anything we don’t already know? Through much of the piece, I was reading sentence after sentence and saying to myself “OK, and … ?” I was looking for a conclusion that was new and eye-opening, something enlightening.…

Contain Yourself: Most Organized Home in the World Hits Market for a Mere $1.3

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2013 /

You have to think that the family home of Container Store co-founder Garrett Boone and his wife, Cecelia, would be just as right-brain enhancing as a trip to the Container Store. Don’t know about you, but every time I go to the Container Store, I leave with my brain feeling like it has been tweaked…

Huge Week of Losses for Dallas/Fort Worth Real Estate: Randy Stegall, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / March 2, 2013 /

It has been a sad, sad week for the Dallas and Fort Worth real estate markets. It has been a week of tremendous loss of great people who have helped make Dallas and Fort Worth the great real estate cities they are. Vance Miller was laid to rest on Thursday in Dallas. Then we learned that Randy…

Trulia's Real Estate Lab Can Show Agents How To Write Listings That Get Homes Sold

By Joanna England / March 1, 2013 /

So, with the right listing, even a dilapidated house in the Fair Park area could sell?

Maybe so, according to new research from Trulia.com.

Mixing science and selling, Trulia’s newly minted Real Estate Lab has just published research showing the psychological link between “color” language in real estate listings and a buyer’s attraction.

Trulia’s Real Estate Lab Can Show Agents How To Write Listings That Get Homes Sold

By Joanna England / March 1, 2013 /

So, with the right listing, even a dilapidated house in the Fair Park area could sell?

Maybe so, according to new research from Trulia.com.

Mixing science and selling, Trulia’s newly minted Real Estate Lab has just published research showing the psychological link between “color” language in real estate listings and a buyer’s attraction.